Morphological structure, thermal and mechanical properties of tough poly(lactic acid) upon stereocomplexes

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 314-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Qi ◽  
Mengqi Tang ◽  
Xiaolang Chen ◽  
Man Chen ◽  
Gang Guo ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (43) ◽  
pp. 10945-10951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Ma ◽  
Jiajia Shen ◽  
Qun Yang ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
Shuangshuang Xia ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 1383-1395
Author(s):  
Hongjuan Zheng ◽  
Zhengqian Sun ◽  
Hongjuan Zhang

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has good environmental compatibility, however, its high brittleness, slow rate of crystallization, and low heat distortion temperature restrict its widespread use. To overcome these limitations, in this study, PLA was mixed with walnut shell (WS) powders. The effects of WS powders on the morphology and the thermal and mechanical properties of PLA were investigated. The products were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, polarizing optical microscopy (POM), and various mechanical property testing techniques. The results showed that WS powders had a significant effect on the morphology and the thermal and mechanical properties of PLA. The tensile strength, impact strength, and elongation at break of the PLA/WS composites first increased and then decreased with the increasing addition of WS powders. When the addition of WS powders was about 0.5 wt%, they reached maximum values of 51.2 MPa, 23.3 MPa, and 19.0%, respectively. Compared with neat PLA, the spherulite grain size of the composites could be reduced and many irregular polygons were formed during crystallization. The melting, cold crystallization, and glass-transition temperatures of the composites were lower than those of neat PLA.


2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 3305-3321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung-Man Choi ◽  
Sung-Wook Lim ◽  
Myeon-Cheon Choi ◽  
Young-Min Kim ◽  
Dong-Hun Han ◽  
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